Afshar’s smiling face and holding up the #1 sign makes it all worth all of the blood, sweat and tears to accomplish such a feat.

Breaking records seems to be the “in” thing in 2016. It seems like every weekend, somewhere on a stretch of concrete and asphalt layered with traction compound, a record of some sort has been crushed. The first full weekend of August was no different, as Ali Afshar was behind the wheel for the pass that made his BRZ the world’s quickest Subaru while competing in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceway in Kent, Washington.

Afshar came back out into competition just one week prior during the NHRA national event at Sonoma, running a then-personal best of 7.45 at 182 mph. After leaving wine country, the team pulled the converter out of the car, overnighted it to Joe Rivera at ProTorque in New York, had it freshened and back in the car on Wednesday afternoon, just in time to load up and roll north from his California-based shop.

Coming out of the box, Ali ripped off a 1.09 60-foot time and parlayed it into a 7.22 at 194 mph lap with the updated EV1 converter to run a career best elapsed time, a career best speed by over 12 numbers from Sonoma, and set his name in the Subaru record books!

One point that Ali pointed out was that the previous Subaru record was held by a car that combined a boosted application with nitrous oxide and, per NHRA Top Sportsman rules, dual power adders are prohibited, which leads many to believe that there’s still more on the table.

World renowned tuner Shane Tecklenburg is onboard managing the MoTec engine management system and controlling the Ron Hendricks-built 201 cubic inch monster that utilizes Ferrea’s Competition Plus series extreme duty valves, paired with a set of turbochargers that power the car. Ali was quick to thank ESX, Inc., Lucas Oil, Protect The Harvest, ProTorque, Subaru of America, INJEN, Earl’s Plumbing and the rest of his supporters who have contributed to this extraordinary build that is, for now, sitting atop the Subaru record books.

Be sure to keep up with everything happening with Ali’s race team by using the @AliAfsharESX tag on social media sites online.